Improvement in combined shutter-workers, blind-slat adjusters, and sash-fasteners



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Combined Shutter-Worker, Blind-Slat Adjuster. Y and Sash-Fastener.

N 0.I68,88'/, Patented 0ct..19,1875.

N PETERS, PMO'IO-LITHQGRAPHQH. wAsmNGTbN, D 04 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HENRY J. DIQKERSQN, OF APPLETON WISOONSIN.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED SHUTTER-WORKERS. BLIND- SLAT ADJUSTERS. AND SASH-FASTENERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 168,887, dated October 19, 1875 application filed February 12, .1875.

open, and with my improvements applied for operating the same. Fig. 2 represents a vertical section through a portion of the windowframe, with the shutter and lever for actuating the slats, in elevation. Fig. 3 represents,

in perspective, the parts of the shutter-hinge with which my improvements are connected. Fig. 4 represents, in front elevation, the lock for fastening the shutter either open or closed. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the hinge pulley or wheel and its actuating rod and strap or spring, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the inclosing cap or case which covers the operative parts of the hinge.

Similar letters of reference, wherever used in the several figures, denote the same parts.

My invention relates to a combined shutter, blind-slat, and sash-fastening devices ;'and consists in novel means for opening, closing, and locking the shutters from the inside of the window; also, in connection therewith, in a novel means for locking and releasing the sash; and, also, in combining a novel method of actuating the pivoted slats, all as hereinafter more fully explained and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, it represents the window frame or casing; b, the blind or shutter; c 0, the pivoted slats; amid the rod connected with the slats for operating them, said parts being of any usual construction. The hinge, in connection with which my improved device for actuating the shutters is applied, is constructed as follows: A represents the fixed portion of the hinge, or that part of it which'is rigidly secured to the Window-frame, and B the moving portion secured to the shutter. The part A is perforated at A, (said perforation matching a corresponding perforation through the window-frame,)

adapting. the part B and the shutter connected therewith. to turn on said conical point as a center. 0 represents abracket, applied to the window-frame above thepart A, and provided with an inverted cylindrical cap or cover, whichaoverhangs and protects thedisk B, inclosing the same. This cap portionis notched -or cut away at c to permit the passage of a sliding bar or rod, H, which passes through the window-frame and through theperforation A for operating the shutters. The sliding bar or rod H is connected with the part B of the hinge by afriction strap or spring, h which passes nearly or quite around "the disk or wheelB, and is secured. thereto. at a point, h as shown in Fig.5. By this arrangement it will be seen that as the sliding rod H is drawn inward the disk or wheel B is rotated, causing the shutter to be opened, and the spring or metallic strap h being inclosed between the casing and the wheel B, a reverse movement of the sliding rod H serves to close the shutter, though, if preferred, for giving a more positive movement in the latter direction a rack upon one side of the rod H, overhanging the spring h may be made to engage with teeth on the disk B, as shown;

or, if desired, the tension of the friction strap or spring h itself may be made to assist in the operation of closing the shutter. The perforation A for the passage of the sliding rod H is made square or polygonal in form,'and the rod, in cross-section, is made of corresponding form, the perforation being enlarged sufficiently to permit a slight axial movement of the sliding rod H for a purpose which will be explained. The inner face of the windowframe is provided with an escutcheon, E, surrounding the sliding rod H, and recessed or provided with a seat on its inner face to receive a perforated disk, F, (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 4.) The disk or plate F has a bandle or thumb-piece, F, which projects through a notch in the plate E, and by means of which or shoulder at g on said bar engages with a corresponding tooth or shoulder, g, on the disk B, and prevents the shutter from being opened. The sliding rod H is provided at its inner end with a knob or handle, G, for convenience in manipulating the same. Between the casings or trimmings of the window-frame the squared sliding rod- H has mounted upon it an arm, I, secured to the rod by being provided with a sleeve havingia square perforation through it, through which the sliding rod can .freely move endwise, but by means of whichthe arm I is vibrated'toward or away- -from the window-frame when an axial movement is imparted to the sliding .rod H. The

upper endof this arm I has a-horizontal spur, '11, which passes through a perforation, e,

in theframe, and engages with the sash for ,locking the same. K is a lever, pivoted at its inner end to the slat-rod d, and held to the inner face of the shutter by a loop or staple, It, through which said lever passes, the outer end of said lever passing also through a slot,

' J, in the frame a, and being forked, as is shown in Fig. 2, to engage, when the shutter is closed,

with the squared sliding rod H, by the rotary movement of which, as explained, the slats can bev turned to any desiredangle, as .will be readily understood.

' It will be seen, from the foregoing description, that the devices for opening and closing the shutter, and for locking the same, as also the lock for securing thesash, and the means for turning the pivoted slats and setting them at any desired angle are all connected with the single actuating sliding bar or rod H, and

may be readily operated through the medium of an ornamental knob or handle, Gr, applied at the inner side of the window frame or casing, as explained.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The disk or Wheel B, applied to the'shu'tter-hinge, in combination with the friction strap or spring h and the sliding bar or rod H, applied and operating to open and close and fasten the shutter from the inside, as described.

2..The combination with the sliding bar H, operating substantially as described, of the forked lever k, for operating the pivoted slats of the .blind, the combination and arrangement operating substantially as shown and described, .7

- 3. The combination with thesliding bar H,

by means ofwhich the shutter is opened,

closed, and fastened, as described, of the sash locker arm I, having spur i, arranged and operating to lock the Window-sash, as specified.

HENRY JAMES DIOKERSON. Witnesses: 1

BENJAMIN FAGAN,

WILLIAM (J. DIOKERSON. 

